All You Need is Doug

One of my favorite speeches of all time is Jim Valvano’s speech at the 1993 ESPYs where he set up the V Foundation for cancer research (if you don’t know him, Valvano was a great college basketball coach and an even better person).

In Valvano’s speech, he said you should do three things every day – you should laugh, you should spend some time in thought and you should have your emotions move you to tears (either happiness or joy). In short – laugh, think and cry. That’s a great day.

I’d like to add a couple more that I always try to do every day:

• Share - Share a thought, share an idea, share a smile
• Help - Hold a door, carry a box, lend an ear
• Give - Give your time, give a kind word, give to someone who has less
• Read - Learn more about the world
• Love - Tell a significant other how much they make you happy or a friend how glad you are to know them
• Sleep - Refresh yourself so you can do it all over again tomorrow